Black Women and the Changing Television Landscape [Paperback]

Black women's work in television has been, since the beginning, a negotiation.Black Women and the Changing Television Landscapeexplores the steps black women, as actors, directors, and producers, have taken to improve representations of black people on the small screen. Beginning withThe Beulah Show,Anderson articulates the interrelationship between US culture and the televisual, demonstrating the conditions under which black women particularly, and black people generally, exist in popular culture.Lisa M. Anderson is an associate professor of women and gender studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author ofBlack Feminism in Contemporary Drama(2008) andMammies No More: The Changing Image of Black Women on Stage and Screen(1998). Her research interests include Black feminist speculative fiction and black queer and trans representations.

[Lisa M. Anderson] powerfully describes the evolving position of Black women in this industry, evaluating which factors enable both these true and stereotyped representations, and which factors have the capacity to change Black characters and storylines on television overall. Film Matters

This vital book offers an essential and engaging account ofBlack Women and the Changing Television Landscape. Focusing on a wide range of TV shows, industry experiences, and moments in history, Lisa M. Anderson carefully considers Black women's ambivalent relationship with television, and their negotiation of Hollywood. Francesca Sobande, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies, Cardiff University, UK

InBlack Women and the Changing Television Landscape, Lisa Anderson presents us a detailed account of the changing landscape of television and its impact of Black women from the beginning of the medium until current times. She focuses on both the effect of these representations, but also the agency of Black actresses and crel“?